Cultural Memory of Language

by Susan Samata

Book Overview

"I can't even speak my own language," were the words overheard in a college staffroom that triggered the writing of this book. Calling something 'my own' implies a personal, proprietorial relationship with it. But how can it be your own if you cannot speak it?

The Cultural Memory of Language looks at unintended monolingualism - a lack of language fluency in a migratory cultural situation where two or more languages exist at 'home'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474288065
• ISBN13: 9781474288064
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"